Dana Cain's Grey Area series includes novels, novellas, short stories and songs set in the vast area of space explored by grey aliens from the Zeta Reticuli star system.
Sci-Fi RomCom * Science Fiction Humor * Science Fiction Romance
Sci-Fi RomCom * Science Fiction Humor * Science Fiction Romance
Grey Area fiction is typically set aboard the GSS Rhapsody, flagship of the Grey Committee's Human Studies Cruise Line. Most human abductees are catch-and-release, but some are kept onboard for months, touring the galaxy, enjoying the cruise ship style amenities and filling out consent forms in triplicate.
Cain has studied alien abduction lore for decades, and her Grey Area fiction reflects an enthusiastic amusement with the weirdness she continues to discover there. Many details (like the greys' love of strawberry ice cream) come from "actual eyewitness accounts." Ufologists will be sure to find some Easter eggs in these books, including a retelling of the famous 1947 Roswell crash - from the aliens' point of view.
Cain has studied alien abduction lore for decades, and her Grey Area fiction reflects an enthusiastic amusement with the weirdness she continues to discover there. Many details (like the greys' love of strawberry ice cream) come from "actual eyewitness accounts." Ufologists will be sure to find some Easter eggs in these books, including a retelling of the famous 1947 Roswell crash - from the aliens' point of view.
Grey Area Fiction
Book 1: Thanks for the Memory Wipes
When he falls into a forbidden relationship with a nerdy human abductee, an insecure alien must break the law to stop her from being sent back to Earth.
Roswell is the Human Relations Director aboard the GSS Rhapsody, a flying saucer run like a cruise ship for human abductees. Everyone knows grey aliens aren’t allowed to date human abductees. But that doesn’t stop Roswell and Gloria from falling in love, as much as he tries to resist.
Now Gloria must be returned to Earth with a memory wipe that will erase her memory of the alien she loves. The unlikely couple must fight the system, break the law and deal with temporal anomalies, an overzealous security chief, memory wipes, and potential timeline destruction to save their relationship – and the Earth.
Cain’s work has been compared to Douglas Adams and James Gunn in this book that reads like the magical hybrid child of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Love Boat.
Read Chapter 1 here.
STATUS: First Draft complete. Second Draft in progress.
When he falls into a forbidden relationship with a nerdy human abductee, an insecure alien must break the law to stop her from being sent back to Earth.
Roswell is the Human Relations Director aboard the GSS Rhapsody, a flying saucer run like a cruise ship for human abductees. Everyone knows grey aliens aren’t allowed to date human abductees. But that doesn’t stop Roswell and Gloria from falling in love, as much as he tries to resist.
Now Gloria must be returned to Earth with a memory wipe that will erase her memory of the alien she loves. The unlikely couple must fight the system, break the law and deal with temporal anomalies, an overzealous security chief, memory wipes, and potential timeline destruction to save their relationship – and the Earth.
Cain’s work has been compared to Douglas Adams and James Gunn in this book that reads like the magical hybrid child of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Love Boat.
Read Chapter 1 here.
STATUS: First Draft complete. Second Draft in progress.
Prequel: Bermuda Love Triangle
The Rhapsody's Captain Zenith must repel the advances of a lovesick Reptilian commander and his fleet to avoid signing a "Marriage and Surrender" agreement and becoming an accomplice to an Earth invasion.
Trouble erupts in the form of hologram serenades and ship-infecting bot crabs after the GSS Rhapsody discovers Atlanteans in the Bermuda Triangle. With the space-faring cruise ship under attack from a catastrophic computer virus and an approaching fleet of misguided Reptilians, Captain Zenith is left without military backup to face her delusional suitor and save Earth from an invasion.
Can the crew devise a weapon in time? And when will Zenith realize the real threat isn’t from the Reptilian Captain, but from the psychotic woman who is in love with him?
This prequel expands the backstories and personalities of major characters introduced in Thanks for the Memory Wipes, while also introducing exciting new villains in the Grey Area series. Set about a year before Roswell meets Gloria, it reveals much about his earlier life on the ship, as one friendship grows, another begins to nosedive, and he finds himself in a life-or-death struggle to save his mother.
STATUS: Finishing First Draft. Two songs recorded and available.
The Rhapsody's Captain Zenith must repel the advances of a lovesick Reptilian commander and his fleet to avoid signing a "Marriage and Surrender" agreement and becoming an accomplice to an Earth invasion.
Trouble erupts in the form of hologram serenades and ship-infecting bot crabs after the GSS Rhapsody discovers Atlanteans in the Bermuda Triangle. With the space-faring cruise ship under attack from a catastrophic computer virus and an approaching fleet of misguided Reptilians, Captain Zenith is left without military backup to face her delusional suitor and save Earth from an invasion.
Can the crew devise a weapon in time? And when will Zenith realize the real threat isn’t from the Reptilian Captain, but from the psychotic woman who is in love with him?
This prequel expands the backstories and personalities of major characters introduced in Thanks for the Memory Wipes, while also introducing exciting new villains in the Grey Area series. Set about a year before Roswell meets Gloria, it reveals much about his earlier life on the ship, as one friendship grows, another begins to nosedive, and he finds himself in a life-or-death struggle to save his mother.
STATUS: Finishing First Draft. Two songs recorded and available.
Book 2: Happily Ever Aftershock
When Roswell is jailed for dating a human and ripped away from Gloria, the couple must decide to accept exile or fight a growing number of enemies to legalize grey-human relationships in the intergalactic trial of the century.
STATUS: Outline complete.
When Roswell is jailed for dating a human and ripped away from Gloria, the couple must decide to accept exile or fight a growing number of enemies to legalize grey-human relationships in the intergalactic trial of the century.
STATUS: Outline complete.
Libby and the Rockstar Alien: A Grey Area Musical Novella
Libby Filmore finally escapes 1974 Alabama, determined to find her rockstar soulmate somewhere on the Rhapsody's intergalactic travel route. When they make an unscheduled stop on a planet called Bowie, her life changes forever.
Libby, introduced in Thanks for the Memory Wipes, gets her own novella detailing her search through the stars to find her soulmate. The youngest human onboard, the 18-year-old struggles to be taken seriously, and her best friend is suddenly spending most of her time with a boyfriend of her own.
After writing a song to find her true love, it seems Libby's luck may be changing. But if she does find her rockstar soulmate, how will she convince the Rhapsody to let her stay with him?
Libby's story is told in 20,000 words and six original songs. Book and audio files will be offered as a package.
STATUS: First Draft half finished. Songs recorded and available.
Libby Filmore finally escapes 1974 Alabama, determined to find her rockstar soulmate somewhere on the Rhapsody's intergalactic travel route. When they make an unscheduled stop on a planet called Bowie, her life changes forever.
Libby, introduced in Thanks for the Memory Wipes, gets her own novella detailing her search through the stars to find her soulmate. The youngest human onboard, the 18-year-old struggles to be taken seriously, and her best friend is suddenly spending most of her time with a boyfriend of her own.
After writing a song to find her true love, it seems Libby's luck may be changing. But if she does find her rockstar soulmate, how will she convince the Rhapsody to let her stay with him?
Libby's story is told in 20,000 words and six original songs. Book and audio files will be offered as a package.
STATUS: First Draft half finished. Songs recorded and available.
Short Stories from the Grey Area
Chronic Bilocation Syndrome. Dana Cain's first short story won a flash fiction contest in 2025, where it was ranked #1 by all five judges. Set on Earth and in the Reach, it offers a new take on a condition described in Thanks for the Memory Wipes. Summary: A patent at the Center for Wayward Entanglements struggles to understand a mysterious love connection.
STATUS: Published. Read it here.
Udder Madness: My Struggle with an Overabundance of Sentience. A cow abducted onto the Rhapsody is ill-equipped to deal with her plunge into sudden sentience when she stumbles upon the ship's Burger World fast food restaurant.
STATUS: work in progress.
Chronic Bilocation Syndrome. Dana Cain's first short story won a flash fiction contest in 2025, where it was ranked #1 by all five judges. Set on Earth and in the Reach, it offers a new take on a condition described in Thanks for the Memory Wipes. Summary: A patent at the Center for Wayward Entanglements struggles to understand a mysterious love connection.
STATUS: Published. Read it here.
Udder Madness: My Struggle with an Overabundance of Sentience. A cow abducted onto the Rhapsody is ill-equipped to deal with her plunge into sudden sentience when she stumbles upon the ship's Burger World fast food restaurant.
STATUS: work in progress.
